Messenger Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Messenger Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What announcement is made about an event the following night?

2. What does Matty realize about Mentor?

3. What is Mentor's nickname?

4. What has Matty forgotten as he talks to Jean?

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Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ramon manage to bring up the Gaming Machine while he and Matty are preparing to fish and what is Matty's reaction?

2. What does Matty know about Gather?

3. What does Jean say to Matty in the marketplace about how her father's attitude has changed?

4. What is Ramon's message at the beginning of chapter six and what do Matty and Seer do with that information?

5. What does Leader say Matty should name the puppy and how does Matty decide to follow the advice?

6. There's a group gathered in chapter eleven to consider closing Village to outsiders. What does Seer say during that meeting about Matty's arrival at Village and what is the response of a neighbor woman?

7. What does Leader say about food and animals in the village where he'd lived as a child?

8. Describe how Seer and Matty know about Gatherer's death and what they know about those keening for him.

9. Describe the scene Matty sees as he is leaving the house for Forest.

10. Describe Mentor's actions during Trade Mart?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leader is responsible for giving people their "true names." What does Matty hope his true name will be? What does he thing Ramon's true name might be? List at least three true names and tell what those names say about the person.

Essay Topic 2

List three of the most important characters in the book. What is the role of each in the story? What are the most believable aspects of each character? What are the least believable aspects of each?

Essay Topic 3

There are two widows referred to in the story - Stocktender's widow and Gatherer's widow. Why do the two women not have a name of their own? What does this say about the society? What does it say about the people?

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